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In what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday month, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder music scholar Shawn O’Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.

Founded by a collaborative including ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder scholars, the Lyripeutics Storytelling Project aims to empower Black and Brown youth through the medium of hip-hop.

While speakers acknowledged the change and uncertainty of the moment, they encouraged hope and the importance of continuing to work toward justice.

In a newly published book, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder Professor Reiland Rabaka delves into the culture and sound of music’s ‘best-kept secret.'

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed since 1964.

Upon the 65th anniversary of the record label, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder prof says that from Taylor Swift to K-pop, ‘It’s all Motown; they are not creating anything new.’

Co-star of The Color Purple joins Colorado governor, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä president and chancellor, along with a cadre of artists, to celebrate the Center for African and African American Studies and Black History Month.

Reiland Rabaka, a ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder professor of ethnic studies, joins The Ampersand to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.

In his new book lecture Tuesday, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women’s Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers like Aretha Franklin.

New Book on W.E.B Du Bois explores the contribution the scholar had on the origins and evolution of intersectionality.